It’s safe to say that Lindsay Lohan has lead a colourful life over
the past few years and has earned quite the name for herself as a troubled
Hollywood party girl. The last year or so, however, has seen Lohan try and make an effort
to rid herself of this reputation and get back to the star-status she once had, when she was
celebrated for actually being a talented actress (hopefully this is the last
time, 6 rehab stints? Come on hun.) This effort has been backed up with a role
in David Mamet’s Speed-The-Plow which has been running at London’s Playhouse
Theatre for the last couple of months, something she hopes has gained her back
some much needed credibility.
The audience wasn’t as full of die hard Lohan fans as would perhaps
be assumed. Saying this, the Mean Girls and The Parent Trap quoting was heard
throughout the evening, for example when Lohan graced the stage in a black polka
dot mini dress someone whispered ‘On Thursday’s we wear black’. These quiet
heckles were just a testament to how iconic Lohan’s early films were to a
certain generation. One thing has been clear from the mixed reviews the starlet
has received, it’s that she does possess actual star presence. And it’s true
when she entered the stage, the audience took notice, although perhaps this was
because a good percentage of onlookers knew who Halle Parker was or that it
isn’t appropriate to wear sweat pants on Monday. Either way Lohan looked great, if a little enhanced, perhaps this is a sign of the healthier lifestyle she is now apparently living.
Her performance, although slightly shaky at the start, eased
up and flourished as the evening continued. Playing the seemingly naïve but ultimately manipulative
and ambitious Karen (a role first played by Madonna in 1988), Lohan exhibited enough range to show this duality in her character.
At times her lines felt a little rushed, although it could be argued this was a
part of Karen’s desperate manner and the density of Mamet’s script. By the final scene Lohan was holding her own
beside her two co-stars Nigel Lindsay and Richard Schiff, who both gave stellar
performances as the two greedy Hollywood producers Lohan’s character tries to
have one over on. All in all for someone that’s not a stage actress Lindsay
Lohan gave a good performance, shaky and unsure at times but good enough to put her back on the map. With the show closing very soon only time will tell
whether this change in direction will pay off.
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